US2046036A - Method of coating ferrous bodies with other metals - Google Patents

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US2046036A
US2046036A US707290A US70729034A US2046036A US 2046036 A US2046036 A US 2046036A US 707290 A US707290 A US 707290A US 70729034 A US70729034 A US 70729034A US 2046036 A US2046036 A US 2046036A
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
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    • C23C2/0038—Apparatus characterised by the pre-treatment chambers located immediately upstream of the bath or occurring locally before the dipping process
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C2/00—Hot-dipping or immersion processes for applying the coating material in the molten state without affecting the shape; Apparatus therefor
    • C23C2/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
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    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23C—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL
    • C23C2/00—Hot-dipping or immersion processes for applying the coating material in the molten state without affecting the shape; Apparatus therefor
    • C23C2/02—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas
    • C23C2/024—Pretreatment of the material to be coated, e.g. for coating on selected surface areas by cleaning or etching

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  • the acid baths remove the oxides of iron, but the ferrous bodies, after passing through them, contain impurities on their surfaces, which the acids have not removed, such as carbon, residual moisture, occluded air, etc.
  • the carbon does not solder with the metals used for coatings, and the oxygen of air or occluded water produces oxides that remain incrusted in the coatings.
  • the con sequence is that the metallic layers obtained are not continuous, but show pores or gaps that impair the quality ofthe coating.
  • the coating comprises a metal with the characteristics of aluminium
  • these superficial impurities of the ferrous body prevent the adherence of any coating and are the cause of the failure of the many attempts made to cover ferrous objects with aluminium.
  • ferrous objects enter the bath of molten metal at a very lowtemperature, and must be heated to the temperature necessary for union by remaining for a more or less long time in the mass of molten metal.
  • the bath of molten metal When working with metals of high melting point, like zinc or aluminium, or with objects of a relatively large mass or thickness, or when it is desired to increase the output of the plant, the bath of molten metal must be of extraordinary size, and furnaces of large dimensions are required in order to hold the considerable quantity of metal. These furnaces are costly to install and repair, and they are expensive to. operate because of the great waste of heat radiated from their large surfaces.
  • metallized ferrous products without the aforesaid disadvantages, and in which all the impurities present on the surface of the objects that hinder or prevent perfect metallization are completely removed, may be is produced without pores, oxides or gaps, and
  • the output of coated metal may be increased by lengthening the time of the preliminary treatment at high temperatures, without the necessity of increasing the length orv number of the baths of metal. Because the cost of installation and operation for the preliminary treatment is small, a production much higher than that secured by modern plants can be obtained at a small cost, and thereby a great increase in the output is secured with the same mechanical equipment as exists at present.
  • the rolls or bundles of wire, strips or sheets must be cleaned as effectively as possible to remove from their. surface the oxides and other impurities, such as grease, etc.
  • they are treated with acid and alkaline solutions, in the usual way, followed by washing and drying. They are then fitted into any mechanical device that causes them to pass in a continuous, uniform and constant manner, through a furnace or apparatus that is the subject of this invention.
  • This furnace or apparatus is composed of three parts or zones, through which the wire, strip or sheet must pass successively and in the same order as described.
  • Figures 1' tween the surface of the bath and the drawing roller 5.
  • the wiper 6 consisting essentially of a metallic member having an orifice I 4, through which passes the wire, strip or sheet.
  • Parts A or B are maintained, by any source of heat, at the temperatures to be specified later.
  • Ammonium chloride (NHiCl) vapours at red heat or at 500 to. i00 C. are found to be particnlarly advantageous in practice.
  • the ammonium chloride may be introduced int-o the apparatus by any process, for instance, in a. solid state into the interior of the retort 9, by raising the plug III.
  • the temperature of the retort 2 must be so graduated as to generate a continucus'emission
  • vapours of NH4C1 leave the retort through the conduit I I, which likewise communicates with the hollow body I, through which they circulate continuously and issue at the open end I2.
  • the chloride or chlorides of iron formed according to the Equation I are maintained in a state of vapour and do not condense upon the walls of the hollow body I, but are eliminated together with the other vapours or gases through the open end I2.
  • the section of the hcilow body I must be formed according to the section of the wire, strip or sheet or other continue-us ferrous body which is to be coated with aluminium, and in such a way that an empty space is left around the ferrous object. This space must be as small as possible to facilitate the transfer of heat to the ferrous object, and yet sufficiently ample for the gases and vapours to circulate and bathe it easily.
  • section can also he formed so as to allow several continuous ferrous objects to circulate through it simultaneously, for instance, several wires, strips or sheets at the same time.
  • ammoniunr chloride its compo- 5 nents
  • hydrochloric acid and ammonia may :be employed mixed such proportions as to produce ammonium chloride in a quantity sufficient to remove the impurities from the ferrous surface.
  • the wire, strip or sheet becomes heated by passing through the region or zone A at red heat.
  • the increase in temperature that the ferrous object acquires by passing at a constant speed through this zone depends on the time it remains therein. This time should be'sueh that, when the ferrous object leaves the zone in order to enter the molten metal bath, its temperature shall be that necessary to unite rapidly with the 20 molten metal when wetted by it, and without requiring it to pass through a considerab-ie mass of the metal as is required in the known methods of metal coating by heat.
  • This part of the apparatus comprises essentially a receptacle or crucible l containing the aluminium or aluminium alloy 3 in a molten state.
  • the wire, stripor sheet, guided by the plunger 2 comes out from the bath of aiuminium or aluminium alloy coated with a continuous film of molten metal, and enters the co-oling zone C. 55
  • the liquid film quickly solidifies, and the combination of the metals of the film with the iron base is quickly interrupted.
  • the oxide impurities that may have come from the metallic bath are removed from 6 the surface, and the coating is smoothed
  • Many devices may be used for this purpose.
  • good results are obtained by using a metallic member Ii provided with an opening l4, like a wire drawer, through which passes the wire, strip or sheet.
  • the opening of the wire-drawer should be of a section slightly larger than that of the wire, strip or sheet; and the member may radiate heat at such a rate that the aluminium or aluminium alloy carried along by the wire, 70 strip or sheet is kept in the said space in a pasty state and the wire strip or sheet slips through it.
  • it may be said to constitute a device for smoothing out of aiurnini. v1 or aluminium alloy, proceeding from the metal bath.
  • the metals that may be employed in a molten state for obtaining metallic coatings on ferrous objects, in accordance with this process, may vary; it should be understood that this invention refers to the process, independently of what metals or alloys may be adopted. The explanation ofwhat 'has been done with the aluminium has only been given by way of example.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of ammonium chloride at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C., and then applying thereto a coating of molten metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of ammonium chloride at a temperature ranging from'500" C. to 700 C., passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, the' surface of which is not in contact with the ammonium chloride, and then smoothing and cooling.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of hydrochloric acid and ammonia at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C. and in proportions to produce ammonium chloride in a quantity suflicient to remove the impurities from the surface of the ferrous body, passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, the surface of which is not in contact with the hydrochloric acid and ammonia and then smoothing and cooling.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of ammonium chloride at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C., passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, the surface of which is separated from contact with the ammonium chloride vapors by a mass of protecting material in a powdered state, and then smoothing and cooling.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of hydrochloric acid and ammonia at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C. and in proportions to produce ammonium chloride in a quantity sufficient to remove the impurities from the surface of the ferrous body, passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, the surface of which is separated from contact with the vapors of the hydrochloric acid and ammonia by a mass of protecting material in a powdered state, and then smoothing and cooling.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of ammonium chloride at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C., passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of hydrochloric acid and ammonia at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C., and in proportions to produce ammonium chloride in a quantity sufflcient to remove the impurities from the surface of the ferrous body, passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, the surface of which is not in contact with the hydrochloric acid and ammonia, and then cooling said body and smoothing the coating thereon, said smoothing step being carried on by passing the coated body in wiping contact with a body of said coating metal in a pasty state.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists of subjecting the said body to an atmosphere of vapors of ammonium chloride at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C., passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and 'zinc, the surface of which is separated from contact with the ammonium chloride vapors by a mass of protecting material in a powdered state, and then cooling said body and smoothing the coating thereon, said smoothing step being carried on by passing the coated body in wiping contact with a body of said coating metal in a pasty state.
  • molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and 'zinc
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in subjecting said body to an atmosphere of vapors of hydrochloric acid and ammonia at a temperature ranging from 500 C. to 700 C., and in proportions to produce ammonium chloride in a quantity sufficient to remove the impurities from the surface of the ferrous body, passing said body through a bath of molten coating metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, the surface of which is separated from contact with the vapors of the hydrochloric acid and ammonia by a mass ofprotecting material in a powdered state, and then cooling said body and smoothing the coating thereon, said smoothing step being carried on by passing the coated body in wiping contact with a body of said coating metal in a pasty state.
  • a method of coating a ferrous body with a metal which consists in simultaneously and chemically decarburizing and deoxidizing the surface of the ferrous body at a temperature varying from 500 C. to 700 C. to remove all of the impuritirs on the surface of the body that prevent perfect metallization, removing in vaporous form the reaction products formed by the decarburizing and deoxidizing, and then applyingto the surface of said ferrous body, while it is in a decarburized and deoxidized state and free from oxides and impurities, a-molten coating of metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, tin and zinc, whereby a continuous soldering on a surface of pure iron and a coating without pores, oxides or gaps is obtained.

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US2876137A (en) * 1955-04-12 1959-03-03 Ohio Commw Eng Co Method of plating metal with magnesium
US2935420A (en) * 1958-02-17 1960-05-03 Herbert E Linden Method of coating metals
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